Site
of Sound: Of Architecture and the Ear Vol. 2
304 pages with Compact Disc
ISBN:
978-0-9827439-0-4

Since
the publication of the first volume of Site of Sound in 1999 the issues
and activities pertaining to sound and architecture have expanded to circulate
more dynamically within the fields of sound art, sound design, and spatial
practices. From acoustical technologies and urban planning to public art,
concerns for auditory structures and the experiences of listening are
finding deeper footing within both artistic and environmental contexts.
Recent noise mappings across Europe, along with new possibilities for
acoustical implementation, as well as the ongoing emergence of sound art
and design educational programs, point toward sound as a crucial subject
for thinking through contemporary culture and politics.

Site
of Sound Vol. 2 aims to address contemporary work being done in the cross-over
between sound and architecture. The anthology brings together new research
and writing that charts out the theoretical implications and consequences
for artistic and spatial discourses, while documenting contemporary projects
that come to occupy and define a sonic-spatial territory.